Sound Of Silence

F#m (244222@1)                     E (022100@1)  Hello darkness, my old friend,
                           F#mI've (244222@1)come to talk with you again,
                     D (xx0232@1)     ABecause (x02220@1)a vision softly creeping,
                        D (xx0232@1)     ALeft (x02220@1)it's seeds while I was sleeping,
        D (xx0232@1)                           AAnd (x02220@1)the vision that was planted in my brain
        F#mStill (244222@1)remains
           E (022100@1)      F#mWithin (244222@1)the sound of silence.

                             EIn (022100@1)restless dreams I walked alone
                        F#mNarrow (244222@1)streets of cobblestone,
                   D (xx0232@1)      A'neath (x02220@1)the halo of a street lamp,
                          D (xx0232@1)      AI (x02220@1)turned my collar to the cold and damp
        D (xx0232@1)                                      CWhen (x32010@1)my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
               F#mThat (244222@1)split the night
                E (022100@1)      F#mAnd (244222@1)touched the sound of silence.


                         EAnd (022100@1)in the naked light I saw
                           F#mTen (244222@1)thousand people, maybe more.
                   D (xx0232@1)     APeople (x02220@1)talking without speaking,
                   D (xx0232@1)      APeople (x02220@1)hearing without listening,
               D (xx0232@1)                     APeople (x02220@1)writing songs that voices never share
           F#mAnd (244222@1)no one dare
            E (022100@1)      F#mDisturb (244222@1)the sound of silence.


                         EFools (022100@1)said i, you do not know
                      F#mSilence (244222@1)like a cancer grows.
                     D (xx0232@1)         AHear (x02220@1)my words that I might teach you,
                    D (xx0232@1)         ATake (x02220@1)my arms that I might reach you.
       D (xx0232@1)                         ABut (x02220@1)my words like silent raindrops fell,

And echoed
       E (022100@1)      F#mIn (244222@1)the wells of silence


                         EAnd (022100@1)the people bowed and prayed
                     F#mTo (244222@1)the neon God they made.
                         D (xx0232@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)the sign flashed out it's warning,
                      D (xx0232@1)   AIn (x02220@1)the words that it was forming.
                       DAnd (xx0232@1)the sign said, the words of the prophets


    F#m (244222@1)                 AAre (x02220@1)written on the subway walls
             AAnd (x02220@1)tenement halls.
                     E (022100@1)       F#mAnd (244222@1)whisper'd in the sounds of silence.